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Loretta Lynn's breakthrough hit, "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl," was released in what year?

  • 1960

  • 1955

  • 1965

  • 1970

Answer

"I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" was Loretta Lynn's first No. 1 hit on the country music charts, released in 1960. It was the first song that she wrote herself and recorded, and it was a major success. The song was about a woman who is proud to be a honky tonk girl, and it resonated with listeners who felt the same way.
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